Diocese of Uberlandia
Diocese of Uberlandia | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Uberaba |
Diocesan bishop | Paulo Francisco Machado |
founding | 1961 |
surface | 13,784 km² |
Parishes | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 937,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 692.930 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 74% |
Diocesan priest | 59 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 10,042 |
Permanent deacons | 44 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 15 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Santa Terezinha |
Website | elodafe.com.br |
The Diocese of Uberlândia ( Latin Dioecesis Fertiliensis , Portuguese Diocese de Uberlândia ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Uberlândia in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The Diocese of Uberlândia was founded on July 22nd, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. Erected from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Uberaba . On October 16, 1982, the Diocese of Uberlândia gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Ituiutaba .
It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Uberaba as a suffragan .
Bishops of Uberlândia
- Almir Marques Ferreira , 1961-1977
- Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar OP , 1978-1992
- José Alberto Moura CSS , 1992–2007, then Archbishop of Montes Claros
- Paulo Francisco Machado , since 2008